Henry A. Smith to Family

Item Description

Title: Henry A. Smith to Family

Author

Smith, Henry A., d. 1864

Recipient

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Source Document

Extent: 4 pages

Date Created: July 05, 1862

Description

From Snickers Ferry on the Shenandoah River topics include news from Richmond, rumor that Stonewall Jackson was killed, having enough to eat including local peaches & cherries found in Virginia, horses well fed, men on picket duty, newspaper report that General McClellan taken prisoner along with 40,000 of his men, and Henry Smith's homesickness.